Send money to a recipient using any available payment provider. Supports mobile money (M-Pesa, MTN MoMo, Airtel Money, etc.) and bank transfers. Auto-selects the best provider based on recipient country and phone number. Use provider=
AI agents use send_money to commit financial operations through Africa Payments MCP — usually the final step of a payment, billing, or trading workflow. A call moves real money.
This tool directly moves money from one party to another via payment providers. This is a financial transaction that commits monetary value and cannot be reversed without additional corrective transactions. Even with perfect user intent, misuse by a compromised AI agent (e.g., sending funds to wrong recipients, incorrect amounts, or malicious accounts) would result in direct financial loss.
From the tool's definition Tool description explicitly states 'Send money to a recipient' and 'Supports mobile money (M-Pesa, MTN MoMo, Airtel Money, etc.) and bank transfers.' The server context confirms this is 'A unified interface for major African payment providers' enabling…
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Send money to a recipient using any available payment provider. Supports mobile money (M-Pesa, MTN MoMo, Airtel Money, etc.) and bank transfers. Auto-selects the best provider based on recipient country and phone number. Use provider=. It is categorised as a Financial tool in the Africa Payments MCP MCP Server, which means it involves financial transactions. Block by default and require explicit approval.
Register the Africa Payments MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for send_money: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Africa Payments MCP. Nothing to install.
send_money is a Financial tool with critical risk. Critical-risk tools should be blocked by default and only enabled with explicit human approval.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the send_money rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for send_money. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
send_money is provided by the Africa Payments MCP server (kenyaclaw/africa-payments-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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